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A Comparison of Perceptions of Administrative Tasks and Professional Development Needs of Chairpersons/Heads of Departments in Australia and the U.S.
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Seagren, Alan T.; Creswell, John W. – 1985
Management tasks of department chairs and their perceived needs for staff development were studied in Australian Colleges of Advanced Education (CAE), U.S. state colleges, and a U.S. university. Data were obtained from 679 Australian and 98 U.S. department heads, using similar instruments developed by the Nebraska-Lincoln Task Force on Management…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Comparative Education, Department Heads, Foreign Countries
Faculty Acceptance of a Workload Survey in One Major University
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Creswell, John W. – Research in Higher Education, 1978
Faculty at a state university were asked how they felt about the workload survey administered on campus and whether the NCHEMS' factors were related to their acceptance of the survey. Results upheld one NCHEMS relationship: that a positive attitude toward a survey is related to perceived value of the data for allocating faculty resources and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Factor Analysis, Faculty Workload
The Structure of Arts, Science, and Humanities Colleges in Major Universities: A Macro-Sociological Approach.
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Creswell, John W.; Jones, Larry R. – Review of Higher Education, 1979
The structure of arts, science, and humanities colleges within major universities was investigated to determine the relationship between number of faculty or students and the number of administrative levels, and the ratio of administrators to faculty. (SF)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Departments, Enrollment Rate